Boom Selection's last-ever-blog entry (probably)

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just written it, bit pissed and knackered so sorry if its shit...just thought you might like to know, i figure no-one has checked it out for a bit as there's been no new info, but prepare to squint til it hurts once more

http://boomselection.info

and fill in the blanks cos i know there are some - reminisce with me about the Year of the Bootleg Mash-Up Type Thing here as well, did it mean anything to you? what were your favourites? how do you feel about them now? what next for Richard X or Soulwax?

i dont plan on updating boomselection again but there will be something on similar lines running very soon, and ILM will most likely be influencing a fair bit of the material to be uploaded and featured online as it does with Gabba.net - so that will be nice eh?

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 29 December 2002 00:59 (twenty-three years ago)

:`(

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 29 December 2002 01:07 (twenty-three years ago)

shite, forgot to mention DJ Yoda - still havent got his mix CDs tho i somehow know they're great

cheer up Nate, maybe if i keep goading the_dr in such subtle fashion he will re-emerge to dispense his wrath upon me for taking such liberties, tho in reality the death of bootlegs as 'talk of the town' and its establishment in the conscience of the zeitgeist now does actually render Boom Selection somewhat irrelevant in its current guise, other than as a handy place to actually download the mp3s, but we got Gabba and Soulseek for that now eh?

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 29 December 2002 01:34 (twenty-three years ago)

and fucking hell, someone has already e-mailed to say they still havent got their CDs and dont seem to be appreciating my sarcastic approach - a German guy, i knew they were efficient but that takes the piss...he's right tho of course...only, its not MY responsibility/obligation - arrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 29 December 2002 01:42 (twenty-three years ago)

For what it's worth, I'm one of those people who still haven't recieved my copy yet. This was ordered, oh, back in August. I'm still seriously debating whether to include it on my year-end albums list anyway.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 29 December 2002 03:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and all my favorite bootlegs from this year were actually done last year. Except for the ones my fellow ILxers did, my own included.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 29 December 2002 03:12 (twenty-three years ago)

But still, bootlegs meant LOTS to me this year -- I have had tears well up in my eyes listening to the Freelance Hellraiser, the Avalanches' Ibiza mix, Radio Soulwax and even Philip Jeck (a cousin of the movement you could say) -- and much of this is Boom Selection's fault.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 29 December 2002 03:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Michael I can send you a copy if you mail me your address, it wont be the 'official' version as such (no cd cover, tracklisting etc.) but you wouldnt be missing a great deal in that respect

the delay with the CDs is mystifying even to me, i cant understand why its taking so long for some people - i wish i knew, trying to contact the_dr to find out - dont think he's been even reading his e-mails the last few months, seems like there have been just too many orders/queries/complaints to deal with, but still...it cant take that long - no excuse really

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 29 December 2002 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm in exactly the same situation as Michael.

― Graham (graham), Sunday, 29 December 2002 12:09 (twenty-three years ago)

oh really? dammit there must be hundreds...but from what the_dr said ages ago, all orders up until September had been fulfilled...hmmmmmmm...

not really feasible for me to sort everyone out with a copy but i'll do what i can, especially for the ILX peeps as CD swapping/gifting is popular here and its like buying you a pint effectively...send me your addresses if you please, dont worry i'll keep them in confidence, delete them etc., along with the rest of my hard drive while i await that inevitable doorknock from the rozzers, erk

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 29 December 2002 12:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Whatever happened to Richard X sorting through the Virgin Records vaults to come up with the ultimate legal bootleg mash-up project? I really believed majors would take this idea to the next level, anything to revive their business...

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 29 December 2002 13:44 (twenty-three years ago)

new richard x 7" out on promo. the jury is still out.....

― stirmonster, Sunday, 29 December 2002 13:56 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm also in the same boat as Michael/Graham, and I ordered in August.

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Sunday, 29 December 2002 23:58 (twenty-three years ago)

As am I / did I.

― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 30 December 2002 05:10 (twenty-three years ago)

why is boom selection dead/finished ?
am confused.

― piscesboy, Monday, 30 December 2002 05:22 (twenty-three years ago)

took the money and ran

― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 30 December 2002 08:40 (twenty-three years ago)

why is boom selection dead/finished ?

cos it was anyway - the CDs really did kill it. the_dr was too busy sorting those out to work on the blog/new site, mky and i continued with it for a while but by then the scene had gotten too big for a basic blog to really stay on top of, rendering bbomselection kind of redundant in its present form. makes sense to stop doing it under the current situation, especially as my own interest has naturally waned - although boomselection's musical remit is easily expandable i'd rather do my own thing

and i WISH i HAD made some money out of it now

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 30 December 2002 12:52 (twenty-three years ago)

FWIW, this was one of the essential blogs / music resources of 2002, blueski. For the first five or six months of the year THE MOST essential IMO. My thanks to you and others for all you did.

― Jeff W, Monday, 30 December 2002 14:50 (twenty-three years ago)

if you do want to keep abreast of the lastest bootlegs i recommend McSleazy's site - http://www.mcsleazybootlegs.co.uk - the excellent message board will keep you informed on any major developments, and you can also download new stuff as it gets posted

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 30 December 2002 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't know Boomselection was you Steve. My old boss was obsessed with it, almost to the point of mania.

― Anna (Anna), Monday, 30 December 2002 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

NEWS (last updated 19th December 2002)

MCSLEAZYBOOTLEGS WEBSITE IN TROUBLE!

Excessive bandwidth use from people downloading bootlegs has resulted in us receiving an unexpected additional £366 bill which McSleazy cannot pay.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!. Please make a donation by visiting the Paypal website and sending your donation to [email protected].

Unfortunately, this website will be closed until we can pay this bill. Hopefully this won't be too long.....

Thanks and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Grant
McSleazy

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 30 December 2002 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

mcsleazy's site should survive in one way or another, he's already received over £200 tho which is nice

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 30 December 2002 18:00 (twenty-three years ago)

four months pass...

I got my CD on Saturday (ordered in September). I've sold my MP3 CD player since though, so have to listen to it on my computer.

Anyone else?

― Graham (graham), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 10:48 (twenty-three years ago)

a few people reported they'd received their CDs last week. its mystifying - but it looks like the person responsible has been provoked into fulfilling the rest of the outstanding orders. Graham i forgot you ordered one and wouldve burned you a copy if you'd reminded me! same goes for james blount and whoever else on ILX ordered copies. i had to stop doing them in the end but a couple more would be fine (except my burner is crap and the cd-rs i bought off Belgian Dave down the market are even crapper)

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 11:10 (twenty-three years ago)

I received mine ages ago but because I don't really like listening to music on a computer while I'm working on the same computer I converted the whole thing to regular CD format--am I sick or what? 28 CD burns! I was so weary after doing this I haven't felt like listening to much of it yet, though I hope to some day.

― s woods (s woods), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 14:25 (twenty-three years ago)

admirable sir, admirable

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 14:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Bonkers is more like it.

― s woods (s woods), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 14:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Belgian Dave Roxx!

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 14:48 (twenty-three years ago)

you know i'm not sure he really is Belgian - we just call him that cos he likes to waffle

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 14:57 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

RETURN OF THE KING

in other news, Satan orders a snowplough online, and I attempt to take reality to court...

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Will you win?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 02:07 (twenty-two years ago)

hallelujah! is it wrong to be nostalgic for winter 2001 - spring 2002 already?

― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)

(Not at all. This is Net-time, that was eons ago...)

Nice comeback. With the copyright "Subscriber X" showdown scheduled for September, it couldn't be more topical.

Let the crime-spree begin!

― Michael Dieter, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Sad news, blueski. But glad it was around when it was!

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 04:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh. Seems I 'm a bit slow on the uptake

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 04:44 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, a million kharmic dollars to all yall boom selection fukkers no diggity no doubt.

― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i deeply regret that kharmic dollars are not legal tender

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

free tibet

― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

eighteen years pass...

is gabba still around in some form?

― brisk money (lukas), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 16:00 (four years ago)

In the “Things you were shockingly old when you learned” department: I was today years old when I learned the Boom Selection mp3 CD collection, which I still have and have been jamming for years, came from a blog also called Boom Selection and an ilxor was the brains behind all of it.

― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 16:25 (four years ago)

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